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Hungary at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Hungary competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. 212 competitors, 147 men and 65 women, took part in 145 events in 24 sports.

Medalists

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Archery

Hungary's two veterans in Atlanta were both defeated in the first round.

Women's Individual Competition:

Athletics

Men's 400 m Hurdles

* Heat — 49.23 s
* Semi Final — 48.57 s (→ did not advance)

Men's Long Jump

* Qualification — 7.82m (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Men's Triple Jump

* Qualification — 16.04m (→ did not advance, 33rd place)

Men's Discus Throw

* Qualification — 62.90 m
* Final — 62.28 m (→ 10th place)

Men's Hammer Throw

* Qualification — 78.34m
* Final — 81.24m (→ Gold Medal)
* Qualification — 73.68m (→ did not advance)
* Qualification — 72.58m (→ did not advance)

Men's Decathlon

* Final Result — 7755 points (→ 27th place)

<br /> Women's Heptathlon

* Final Result — 6336 points (→ 6th place)

Women's Long Jump

* Qualification — 6.73m
* Final — 6.60m (→ 9th place)
* Qualification — 6.02m (→ did not advance)

Women's Triple Jump

* Qualification — <small>NM</small> (→ no ranking)

Women's Marathon

  • Judit Nagy — 2:38.43 (→ 36th place)

Women's 10&nbsp;km Walk

Badminton

Boxing

Men's Bantamweight (– 54&nbsp;kg)

* First Round — Defeated Soner Karaoz (Turkey), 15-3
* Second Round — Defeated Khurshed Khasanov (Tajikistan), 17-3
* Quarter Finals — Defeated George Olteanu (Romania), 24-2
* Semi Finals — Defeated Vichairachanon Khadpo (Thailand), 12-7
* Final — Defeated Arnaldo Mesa (Cuba), 14-7

Men's Featherweight (– 57&nbsp;kg)

* First Round — Defeated John Kelman (Barbados), referee stopped contest in third round
* Second Round — Defeated Daniel Attah (Nigeria), 14-12
* Quarter Finals — Lost to Pablo Chacón (Argentina), 7–18

Men's Welterweight (– 67&nbsp;kg)

* First Round — Lost to Juan Hernández Sierra (Cuba), referee stopped contest in second round

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71&nbsp;kg)

* First Round — Defeated Richard Rowles (Australia), 10-2
* Second Round — Lost to Markus Beyer (Germany), 6–14

Men's Middleweight (– 75&nbsp;kg)

* First Round — Defeated Juan Pablo López (Mexico), referee stopped contest in third round
* Second Round — Lost to Malik Beyleroğlu (Turkey), 8–9

Canoeing

Cycling

Diving

Men's 3m Springboard

* Preliminary Heat — 346.74
* Semi Final — 204.51 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Women's 3m Springboard

* Preliminary Heat — 206.52 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Equestrianism

Fencing

Fifteen fencers, nine men and six women, represented Hungary in 1996.

Men's foil
Men's team foil
Men's épée
Men's team épée
Men's sabre
Men's team sabre
Women's foil
Women's team foil
Women's épée
Women's team épée

Football

Gymnastics

Handball

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Men's Individual Competition:

Rhythmic gymnastics

Rowing

Sailing

Men's Laser sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Men's 100 m Freestyle

* Heat — 50.43 (→ did not advance, 20th place)
* Heat — 51.26 (→ did not advance, 35th place)

Men's 200 m Freestyle

* Heat — 1:51.59 (→ did not advance, 20th place)
* Heat — 1:52.19 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Men's 400 m Freestyle

* Heat — 3:59.36 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

* Heat — 56.96 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Men's 200 m Backstroke

* Heat — 2:01.84
* B-Final — 2:02.17 (→ 12th place)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

* Heat — 1:01.80
* Final — 1:01.49 (→ 4th place)
* Heat — 1:02.72
* B-Final — scratched

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

* Heat — 2:14.66
* Final — 2:12.57 (→ Gold Medal)
* Heat — 2:13.89
* Final — 2:13.03 (→ Silver Medal)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

* Heat — 53.69
* B-Final — 53.48 (→ 11th place)

Men's 200 m Butterfly

* Heat — 1:58.76
* Final — 1:59.12 (→ 8th place)
* Heat — 2:00.50
* B-Final — 1:58.99 (→ 9th place)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

* Heat — 2:02.10
* Final — 1:59.91 (→ Gold Medal)
* Heat — 2:06.24 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Men's 400 m Individual Medley

* Heat — 4:27.37
* B-Final — DSQ
* Heat — 4:28.05 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

* Heat — 3:41.05
* Final — 3:40.84 (→ 6th place)

Women's 100 m Freestyle

* Heat — 57.82 (→ did not advance, 30th place)

Women's 800 m Freestyle

* Heat — 9:06.97 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Women's 200 m Backstroke

* Heat — 2:09.18
* Final — 2:07.83 (→ Gold Medal)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

* Heat — 1:09.05
* Final — 1:09.55 (→ 7th place)

Women's 200 m Breaststroke

* Heat — 2:29.58
* Final — 2:26.57 (→ Bronze Medal)

Women's 100 m Butterfly

* Heat — 1:03.61 (→ did not advance, 30th place)

Women's 200 m Butterfly

* Heat — 2:17.90 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

* Heat — 4:43.09
* Final — 4:42.53 (→ Bronze Medal)

Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

* Heat — 4:10.92 (→ did not advance, 11th place)

Table tennis

Tennis

Men's Singles Competition

* First round — Lost to Oleg Ogorodov (Uzbekistan) 5–7, 6–7
*Alternates
*Gergely Kisgyorgy
*Daniel Somogyi

Women's Singles Competition

* First round — Defeated Aleksandra Olsza (Poland) 6-2 7-5
* Second round — Lost to Kimiko Date (Japan) 2–6 3–6
* First round — Lost to Judith Wiesner (Austria) 6–7 4–6

Water polo

Men's team competition

  • Preliminary round (group A)
*Defeated Russia (8–7)
*Defeated Germany (9–8)
*Defeated Netherlands (10–8)
*Defeated Spain (8–7)
*Defeated Yugoslavia (12–8)
  • Quarterfinals
*Defeated Greece (12–8)
  • Semifinals
*Lost to Spain (6–7)
  • Bronze Medal Match
*Lost to Italy (18–20) → Fourth place
  • Team roster
*Tibor Benedek
*Rajmund Fodor
*Tamás Kásás
*Zoltan Kosz
*András Gyöngyösi
*Péter Kuna
*László Tóth
*Balázs Vincze
*Frank Tóth
*Zsolt Varga
*Tamás Dala
*Attila Monostori
*Zsolt Németh

Weightlifting

Men

Wrestling

References